Chapter 183 Adopting a Child
"It's obviously a son, how could it be a daughter? Something must have gone wrong." Aunt Hui felt a little dizzy. She leaned weakly on the soft pillow, muttering to herself over and over again. She didn't want to believe that she had given birth to a daughter.
Thinking of the doctor who had taken her pulse and said that she was pregnant with a boy, Aunt Hui suddenly opened her eyes.
"It's you! You must have done something and replaced my baby, right? I gave birth to a boy! You wanted to deceive me!" Aunt Hui was about to pull the midwife and the female doctor away with her claws and teeth.
She had just given birth, her blood and energy were depleted, and she had also suffered a shock. How could she bear it?
Before her hand touched the midwife, she fell off the bed and fainted.
The Marquis's wife already knew that Aunt Hui had given birth to a daughter, so when the maid brought the child to her, she didn't even look at her, but just shook her head in disappointment.
She had thought that one of the two concubines should be able to give birth to a son, but she had not expected that these two were so useless.
"Take the child away." The marquis's wife waved her hands dejectedly, not wanting to see the child.
In order to prevent Aunt Hui from giving birth to a child that was not a son, she had already ordered people to find a pregnant woman. When Aunt Hui gave birth at full term, if the child was not a boy, she would have the child replaced.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Hui gave birth prematurely for no apparent reason, and the plan that had been prepared beforehand failed.
The Marquis's wife paused for a while, then stood up and left Aunt Hui's yard and returned to her own residence, thinking that it was all in vain.
The next day, the marquis's wife fell ill, and the atmosphere in the entire mansion was particularly depressing because of the series of misfortunes that had happened one after another.
Even those in Xiyuan knew that the prince would definitely be chosen from among their children, and no one dared to show joy at this time.
After the Marquis's wife got better, the Marquis came to see her. Seeing her husband's entangled and tired face, the Marquis's wife knew that the thing she was most worried about and the thing she least wanted to face had finally come. The woman leaning on the sickbed sighed softly, "Marquis."
"You are still sick, so there is no need to be so strict. Just lie down. I am here to discuss something with you."
The Marquis sat down beside the Marquis's wife's bed. As soon as he opened his mouth, the Marquis's wife could guess what he was going to say without him having to say anything else.
"Please speak, sir." The marquis' wife had just recovered from an illness and had no strength in her body, so she simply lay down and looked at him without blinking.
Before coming, the Marquis had already gone over what he was going to say in his mind. Although he felt a little reluctant, he still spoke resolutely.
"Yan'er's descendants have a son and a daughter, but as you know, Changsun is not only weak, but also deaf. The future heir of the Marquisate is related to the fortune of the Dingbei Marquisate. I wonder if Madam has thought about choosing who to adopt as the legitimate son?"
Speaking of the matter of the legitimate son, the Marquis himself frowned. How could this matter not make people worry?
He was not cut out to fight in the battlefield. He had finally raised a son who was both civil and military, but he did not expect that his son would have a crippled leg. Later, his leg was finally healed, but Qin Zhuoyan unexpectedly died in Koucheng. The Marquis himself was also deeply exhausted.
It was inevitable to choose the heir of Xiyuan for adoption, so the Marquis's wife had to think seriously about who would be the right candidate.
The biological mother was not a good person and was difficult to deal with. The Marquis’ wife didn’t know how to choose. After thinking about it for a long time, a suitable candidate appeared in her mind.
"I think Qin Zhuoxiao is a relatively honest and obedient child, so I'll choose him to be adopted by me, but I have a request." The Marquis's wife was a strong-willed person, and she would never put herself in a passive situation and give up the position of the Crown Prince that should have belonged to her child.
The Marquis didn't think the Marquis's wife would agree so easily, so he responded calmly: "What's the request?"
"The children in the West Courtyard have all grown up and have married. Even if I adopt them, they may not be willing to be filial to me until the end of my life. I should always leave a way out for myself. Although Qin Zhuoxiao has been adopted by me, the position of the Crown Prince must be left to his children."
Tan Zhuoxiao was just the son of a maid who served as a foot washer. He had a lowly status and didn't have the guts to go against him.
As early as the day before the change of day, the Marquis's wife had made plans for possible situations. In the last resort, who would be able to adopt the child of the West Courtyard?
However, she had never thought about this idea carefully at the time, and this was exactly the result she got in the end. It was really fate's trick.
"Madam, do you want to adopt Xiao'er's child?" The Marquis was stunned. He didn't expect that the Marquis's wife had this plan.
"I am an old man sending off a young man, and I am deeply saddened for Yan'er. Since you want to adopt her, the Marquis will not disagree with this idea, right?"
This concerns whether she can spend her old age in peace and involves her own interests. The Marquis's wife is very determined and has no intention of negotiating.
The Marquis has been married to her for many years and knows her character well. If she does not agree, it will be much more difficult to make the adoption a success.
Tan Zhuoxiao is already married. He has a wife and two concubines in his courtyard. It should not take long for him to have a son. The Marquis thought about it and agreed: "I know how hard your wife has worked. In this case, I will do as your wife says."
The Marquis's Mansion quickly held the adoption ceremony, and even though the Marquis's wife was unwilling, the matter was settled.
The grudges in the Marquis' Mansion were almost settled, so Gu Siqing began to pay attention to the Zhou Mansion.
Ever since her husband and daughter died, Zhao Yinlian has been spending all her time around Zhou Changying.
She wanted the Zhou family to return to its former glory. Zhou Changying was the entire hope of the Zhou family and her, so she put all her heart into cultivating him. She wanted her son to become a successful person. However, Zhou Changying started to become rebellious because she pushed him too hard.
Gu Siqing had no feelings for this non-blood-related brother, and of course, no hatred towards him.
Because Zhou Changying was still young, when Gu Siqing married him, Zhou Changying was still a naughty boy who only knew how to play. Whether in the previous life or this life, he was one of the few people in the Zhou Mansion who had no contact with Gu Siqing.
That day, Huasheng finished telling Gu Siqing about the Zhou Mansion and asked in confusion, "Why does Miss care so much about the Zhou Mansion?"
As her master's personal maid, Huasheng knew very well that there was only grudge but no affection between her master and the Zhou family.
If you say that the master was paying attention to the Zhou Mansion and the Marquis Mansion before, it was because he was worried about getting into trouble, but now all the troubles should be gone.
"Of course there are people who deserve my concern." Gu Siqing curled the corners of his mouth and answered ambiguously.
Huasheng became interested when he heard this. He squatted in front of Gu Siqing, holding his chin with both hands and asked, "Who is it? Which nanny?"
Gu Siqing suffered a lot when she was in Zhou's house. The only person Huasheng could think of who made her miss her was the one who took care of her when she was in Zhou's house. Gu Siqing did not respond to Huasheng's words, thinking that she was concerned about the current head of the Zhou's house.
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